The Hitachi Data Systems Sales Qualification credential is intended for all Hitachi Data Systems partners and personnel who sell products, services, and technology from Hitachi Data Systems.

Audience: Salesperson, Pre sales support.

Passing score: 60%
Test questions: 39
Test duration: up to three hours
Cost: US$50 or (equivalent in local currency).

The exam is available through Prometric Internet-based testing tool. This exam is a non-proctored, open book exam.

Exam Topic: Enterprise Hardware
Given a scenario, describe the features, functions, and benefits for the Hitachi Data Systems enterprise product line.
Exam Topic: Modular Hardware
Given a scenario, describe the features, functions, and benefits for the Hitachi Data Systems modular product line.
Exam Topic: File Services
Given a scenario, describe Hitachi Data Systems HNAS features and benefits.
Given a scenario, describe HDDS features and benefits.
Exam Topic: Virtualization
Describe how to manage external storage using Universal Volume Manager.
Describe how to use Tiered Storage Manager for managing multiple tiers of storage.
Describe how to use Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning (e.g., performance and/or utilization rates) .
Describe how Virtual Partitioning Manager is used to solve business problems.
Exam Topic: Storage Area Network (SAN)
Given a scenario, describe how Hitachi Data Systems provides a SAN solution to meet a business requirement for a customer.
Exam Topic: Services Oriented Storage Solutions (SOSS)
Describe the solutions within SOSS and how they can solve business issues.
Exam Topic: Business Continuity
Given a scenario, describe the advantages and features for the Data Replication tools Shadow Image and Copy-on-Write Snapshot.
Given a scenario, describe Remote Replication and disaster recovery solutions (e.g., TrueCopy and Hitachi Universal Replication).
Given a scenario, describe the benefits of Hitachi's backup solutions (e.g., HDPS).
Exam Topic: Archiving
Given a scenario, describe how Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) can benefit unstructured data environments.
Given a scenario, describe how Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) provides customer value for the easy access and long term preservation of digital content.
Exam Topic: Storage Management
Given a scenario, how does Hitachi Data Systems storage management solutions simplify the configuration, operation and management of data center environments.
Exam Topic: Storage Economics
Given a scenario, describe how to justify the appropriate storage architecture to meet organization requirements.